Is the word 'Name' in English derived from the Sanskrit word "Nama" like many words in Greek and Latin?

The English language is a mixture of influence from Latin and Greek and both these ancient European languages are derived from Sanskrit. The linguists of the West have till date not been able to find out the origin of the languages as a whole, where as, in India there is a scientific background to the origin of sound and language linked with anatomy of the human body.





Hence, to repeat that the Indo - European languages had a common growth is with out any foundation. Sanskrit has developed independently and at a much later stage went to Persia and other European places where the human civilization was in a primitive stage around 3500 B.C. The ancient civilizations like that of the Phoenician and the Sumerian or Aztec and Mesopotamia are much later as compared to the ancient Indian civilization. Now the archaeological findings in these places carry the evidence that at one time a maritime power had come to these places with the torch of civilization at least 4 to 5 thousand years back.





Hence, common words are all derivatives of Sanskrit which has a strong grammatical base. Till the 3rd century B.C. India was the only country with Universities where scholars from far off Persia, Macedonia, Greece, Iraq, Syria and China used to come and study.

Is the word 'Name' in English derived from the Sanskrit word "Nama" like many words in Greek and Latin?
Main Entry: 1name


Pronunciation: 'nAm


Function: noun


Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nama; akin to Old High German namo name, Latin nomen, Greek onoma, onyma
Reply:No, the Englsh word "name" did not come directly from Sanskrit but from Greek 'onoma' and from there to Latin 'nomen' which might well came from other Indo-European source..
Reply:English, as well as most other European languages, Persian and the languages of Northern India have a common ancestor, called Proto Indo-European. Since much of the vocabulary survived the millennia, you find similarities. However, this relationship is a "sibling" relationship, not an "intergenerational" relationship. That's why the answer to your question must be, "No, the English word 'name' is not derived from the Sanskrit word 'nama', but English and Sanskrit are sisters with common traits."